ISTANBUL — A Turkish Airlines plane in Istanbul was evacuated Saturday after a suspicious note was discovered in one of its bathrooms. The Turkish Airlines cabin crew found the words “BOMB TO TORONTO” on the bathroom’s wall on Flight TK-17 during its pushback from the gate, a Turkish Airlines pressRead More

Ontario: A wave of warm air smashed temperature records across the province Saturday, drawing flocks of winter-weary residents outdoors. Toronto saw a new record high for Feb. 18, with the temperature reaching 11.9 C at Toronto Pearson Airport according to Environment Canada. That’s more than a full degree higher thanRead More

Brampton: A man has been airlifted to hospital with serious injuries and two other people have sustained minor injuries after a multi-vehicle collision in Brampton Saturday afternoon. It happened at Kennedy Road and Steeles Avenue at around 2 p.m. Peel Regional Police said the crash involved four vehicles. Brampton firefightersRead More

TORONTO — The furor in the House of Commons over a motion condemning Islamophobia is prompting a similar debate in the Ontario legislature next week. Liberal MPP Nathalie Des Rosiers sent a letter to other members on Friday asking that they support a motion that she intends to introduce nextRead More

HAMBURG – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau used one of Germany’s most prestigious black-tie galas to tell business leaders to “get real” about addressing the anxieties of their workers in an uncertain world. Trudeau delivered the no-holds-barred message to an audience of 400 politicians, business leaders and other notables at theRead More

OTTAWA — The federal government will give apologies and compensation to three Canadians who were tortured in Syria. The Canadian Press has independently confirmed a Toronto Star report that the government will settle lawsuits filed by the men over the federal role in their ordeals. In October 2008, an inquiryRead More

TORONTO – The union representing Ontario’s high school teachers is planning “informal talks” with the province next week to discuss a return to contract extension negotiations. The Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation is the only education union to have not yet agreed to extend their current deals to 2019 –Read More

BERLIN — Canada’s indifference to the ever-present push for more NATO spending was laid bare Friday in Germany as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau all but shrugged off Donald Trump’s push to squeeze alliance members for more money. Standing alongside German Chancellor Angela Merkel, whose country has already promised significant increasesRead More

Ontario: Premier Kathleen Wynne continues to be hampered by woefully low approval ratings according to a new poll. The Mainstreet Research poll sampled 2,524 Ontarians through an interactive phone poll to landlines and cellphones on Feb. 12. It found that some 65 per cent of respondents strongly or somewhat disapproveRead More

OTTAWA – Ontario’s French teachers have ratified a two-year deal that would extend their current contracts through to 2019. They join the Canadian Union of Public Employees in ratifying central deals that allow the Liberal government to avoid contentious bargaining ahead of next year’s provincial election. Radio-Canada has reported thatRead More